Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-15

TIE sides, with galleries shove and acsuo
tho ends; all for members bat tho ends
and the narrow place where ! waa Il
wasn't any better than the court house q
Wayback, and began 10 think they had
oil them police around to keep people from
finding out how poor and mean the place
was The speaker has canopied chair ut
end opposite the main door, and there
amt enough doors in the place for Q can
didate to have any show in getting lob
for valuable constituent
They don't have any desks like we do;
no fireplaces and no sofys ut the back to
set around and tell stories; no cloak room
handy to loaf in during long speeches; no
smoking and nary spittoon in the whole
enclosure. Every man sets with his plug
hat on, but takes it of when he gets ND TO
talk, and the entire surroundings are q
uncomfortable as they could be made.
The speaker wears q white wig, and, with
his clerks, is about the only man that
looks like he::had come to stay. They had
commenced business when got in, and
about five minutes later heerd the door
keeper and so forth outside yelling:
make way for the Black Rod! make wsy
for the Black Rodv' and the Black Rod
came in. He was thin, little old chap in
knee breeches and black swallow tail coat
and looked like the apothecary in Romeo
and Juliet" and carried q gold mounted
black rod in his hand. He bowed himself
up to the speaker, delivered q message
from the House of Lords, backed out bow.
ing, and then the speaker and the members
fell in behind him and went over to the
lords side asst what it all meant and
they told me that was the way the lords
reported bill TO the House. I'd like 70
see Secretary McCook or Cole Sympson
come over from the Senate some day
rugged out in that way and take us Con.
gressmen over to their side TO tell us what
they had done with bill. Arevolution or q
Chicago anarchy wouldn't be patchin to il.
When they came back business pro.
ceeded, and had o fair chance to see q
good many Of the members. Gladstone
SET over near the speaker in the front row,
looking hale and hearty, but he talked
like an old man, with the shake in his
voice, aud some Of the members yelled
"Herew "Herew when he sat down. W,
II. Smith, the leader Of the other side, SET
nesrly opposite, and he had good MANY
questions 10 answer from the Irish mem
bers. Hes.ly, the member from Ireland,
reminded me OF Brother Springer, from
the number of times he had something TO
say, but he didn't wear q buttonhole
bouquet, and lot more of them seemed
about as active in keeping still rs some of
our members of Congress. Healy is q
nice looking man, Of middliu size, dark
hair and whiskels and wears glasses.
Randolph Churchill set in his corner all
the time, pulling his moustache and think
ing about something else besides politics,
I'll bet dollar. He looked like man
who had got up out of bed tina, morning
wrong end formost. didn't See Parnell
or Joe Chamberlain. reckon they must
have been busy at committee meeting. |
noticed good many members who looked
like boys, and their faces were ~ smooth
a. billiard ball. On an average, the
body might have been set down in our
House of Representatives and man in
the gallery couldn't have told the differ
ence. mean by that that they are all
purity good looking men.
They swore In new member, too, and
when he came in every man raised yell
for a minnie, and by that time the cere-
mony was over and he was in his seat. i
never seen man railrOaded through
quicker.
Then the house went into the committee
of the whole, and Mr.. Courtney in dress
suit took the chair on the Irish crimes bill
One member made speech that nobody
could hear, and n division was called for.
was getting interested, when all nj once
a doorkeeper popped in and turned every
visitor of MS out, and done il with about ~
much politeness as would drive lot Of
hogs out of my cornficld In Wayback.
Thought he would take hold OF me once,
and was getting ready 10 give him sam
pie OF Congressional muscle, but he wisely
forebore, and we got out without accident
TO him. This Ia another of the old fogy
customs, and Is about as all fired silly u
piece of business as / know OF. IL is even
worse than an executive session Of the
United States Senate. Nobody knows
why they do Il, and they don't know
themselves.
We all went out in the lobby, and the
more thought about IL the madden got,
and, finally, told man wouldn't stay
in such gang. and didn't. Invent home
and / talked in such way that Mandy
said II I had taken another drink would
have had TO come home in patrol wagon.
But was duly sober, and will leave Il
TO any Congressman Of unbiased opinion II
] didn't have enough 10 make me mad.
The more 7 see Of those efiete monarchies
the better like the land Of the free, the
sile on which Liberty blooms like the rose
Of Sharon and the lily Of the valley. No
more o. present. Yours truly,
w. q. WAxKM.